Rainbow Character Pots

Story: Ten rainbow pots that can be used as planter pots, pen holders etc. Each one is individually made - hand sculpted and painted.

Medium: acrylic and clay

Cornett Manifesto Posters

Story: Three poster designs for Cornett Advertising Agency's rebranding. With the launch of their new website, the company wanted the artwork to display their values and culture in a new and fun way. Dig Deeper poster is inspired by archeology and the Indiana Jones film series. Love the Challenge poster is inspired by the TV show, American Ninja Warrior. And Do Right by the Brand poster is inspired by collaboration and teamwork.

Medium: ink, watercolor, colored pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Miniature Cactus Sculptures

Story: Small clay cactuses that will never die - no need for sun or water. Perfect for your home and office. Each cactus is individually made - hand sculpted and painted.

Medium: acrylic, aquarium rocks, terracotta pots and clay

The Purple Velvets Album Cover

Story: Cover art for the release of their first album. The R&B and Blues band wanted something funny, friendly, colorful and weird, just like their music. The large tongue in the drum sets is a reference to the Rolling Stones, which is one of the songs covered on the album. You can follow listen to their songs here.

Japanese Hansel and Gretel

Story: Re-imagined fairytale of the story, Hansel and Gretel, set during the Edo period (1603 – 1868) in Japan. The candy house is redesigned as a traditional Japanese wagashi sweets house with elements inspired by Edo architecture. The technique, composition and color palette are inspired by ukiyo-e landscape woodblock prints.

Honeybell Iced Tea

Story: Honeybell Ice Tea introduces authentic, clean Japanese teas with a hint of sweetness from Japanese fruits to create a refreshing new beverage. The secondary logos of the foxes were derived from the Shinto religion, where foxes are considered gods of tea. The glass bottle is inspired by the bamboo shape and the bottle cap itself is bamboo.

Materials: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

Japanese Alice in Wonderland

Story: The Re-imagined tale of Alice in Wonderland from the Mad Tea Party scene set in Japan during the cherry blossom viewing festival. The composition and color palette are inspired by Hokusai's ukiyo-e landscape wood block prints. The clothes and hairstyles of the characters are a mix of Japanese and Western influences. Each of the characters were inspired by the four symbols of the deck of cards. Alice is inspired by the spade shape, the Hare is the club, the Dormouse is the diamond and the Mad Hatter is the heart. They also wear these shapes somewhere hidden on their bodies.

Medium: ink, colored pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Halloween Greeting Cards

Story: A personal project developed around the pumpkins and gourds decorated for Halloween.

Medium: acrylic, pumpkins, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Miniature Club

Story: A mixture of re-imagined Japanese and Western fairytales of Issun Boshi (One Inch Boy), The Bamboo Cutter (Princess Kaguya), Thumbelina and Tom Thumb. These small characters were inspiration for the Miniature Club, a club that meets every Sunday evening in a milk carton tree house to discuss secret miniature matters. You must be 3 inches or less to be accepted into this exclusive club. The clothes and hairstyles of the characters are inspired by the popular fashion styles of Japan at the time of each story's origins.

Medium: ink, colored pencil and Adobe Photoshop

There's a Lot of Faces in the World

Story: My love for patterns and character design were my main inspiration for the piece. It celebrates the diversity and the similarities we share as people.

Medium: colored pencil, watercolor and Adobe Photoshop

Potato (Fry) Eaters

Story: The goal of this project combines recognizable people, place and object to convey a message. I used people from Vincent Van Gogh’s Potato Eaters (1885) in a contemporary McDonald’s setting, eating French fries. It conveys a social commentary on the current diet for people of humble means.

Medium: ink, pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Lawrence Humane Society Invitations

Story: An invitation design for the Lawrence Humane Society's fundraiser events. They are raising money to build a new shelter and wanted a fun and playful invitation card to send out to patrons.

Medium: ink, markers, watercolor and Adobe Photoshop

Tutti Frutti: Cafe & Pub

Story: Logo design for a cafe & pub in Fukuoka, Japan. The logo was inspired by the owner's love for rockabilly and American diners.

Medium: Adobe Illustrator

Holiday Card

Story: The warmth in families during the holiday season inspired the card. The manipulation in the image to look like a cutout image evokes playfulness during the season. The card is folded in half, vertically.

Medium: ink, pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Show: Illustration Scholarship Show (’15)

Cromwell Holiday Card

Story: The illustrations were made for the Cromwell Environmental and Solar, a company based in Kansas that installs residential and commercial solar systems and services environmental hazard remediation. The illustration was inspired by the joys of baking holiday cookies were an inspiration for the card. The bottom corner is a cookie with the company's logo iced on, the middle left is a house with a solar panel and the top right is a portrait of the owner, Aron Cromwell, as a gingerbread man cookie. The color palette is inspired by Christmas colors, red and white, and their company colors, sky blue and green.

Medium: ink, colored pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Cromwell Holiday Card 2

Story: A holiday card for Cromwell Solar and Environmental.

Medium: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Edward's Pushpins and Tacks

Story: On-the-go quality artisan clear pushpins inspired by the inventor of pushpins, Edwin Moore. Edwin’s Pushpins and Tacks utilizes etched imagery in a simple, more graphic way. The intended audience is a middle-aged male who lives in Portland with his lifelong girlfriend, 2 dogs and a blind cat. He appreciates tactile objects and often makes craft beer.

Materials: engraved 3/32˝ basswood lightly coated in Early American 230 wood stain and a small piece of black leather

Featured: Behance Wacom Gallery ('16)

Winter is Coming Holiday Greeting Card

Story: A personal project inspired by my recent love for the TV show, Game of Thrones.

Medium: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Jamland Jam Packaging

Story: On-the-go mini packets of jam for kids and parents. Jamland's jams are farm fresh with nothing extra. The jam packets are perforated on the bottom for easy access. Each contains 5 flavors with a total of 10 packets.

Materials: small tubes made from multi-ply paperboard with polymer coating that is within a small chipboard box

Pampering Marie Antoinette

Story: The assignment given must incorporate a female, male, dog, banana and bird in a room. My muse for this project was Marie Antoinette, who is getting ready for her mundane life, being made-up by several servants. Elements of the assignment’s objects and elements inspired by her life story are hidden in multiple places in the image.

Free as a Bird

Story: The intended project was made for a New York Times article about college students and how they must venture out in different fields in the new world around them to better themselves in life.

Medium: ink, pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Published: Kiosk Magazine (‘15)

Show: Illustration Scholarship Show (’15) and Libart Exhibition (’15)

Hung-over Objects

Story: The goal of this project was to have inanimate objects emit emotions by telling a narrative. There are a total of 11 inanimate objects, all having a tough time recovering from a wild night of partying.

Aliens at Coachella

Story: For this project, the shapes of inkblots inspired the process of creating aliens. At the time of this project, the Coachella Music Festival was all over the Internet and was an inspiration for this piece.

Medium: ink, acrylic, watercolor, food coloring and Adobe Photoshop

Gummy Heaven Print

Story: A mokuhanga print inspired by my bicultural background. The colorful gummy bears represent my German-American heritage while the bonsai represents my Japanese heritage. The gummy bears are in a variation of red, blue and yellow which symbolizes the country's flag. The red is Japan, blue is America and yellow is Germany.

Medium: 8 panels of shina plywood and watercolor

Size: 22.5 x 18.5

Little Ghost

Story: Series of illustrations evoking the emotion of sadness in three different ways of expression: symbolism, metaphor and narrative. The main story is about a young girl ghost grieving for her life after her death.

Medium (symbolism): ink, pencil, watercolor and Adobe Photoshop

Medium (metaphor): watercolor, pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Medium (narrative): ink, gouache and Adobe Photoshop

Show: Illustration Scholarship Show (’15)

Breakfasts Series

Story: For this series, three different kinds of breakfasts are illustrated. My cultural and ethnic background inspired the three breakfasts: German, American and Japanese, combined with my love for food. Each of the illustration’s color palette, style, and composition is inspired by the country’s distinctive art styles. The German breakfast is inspired by German Expressionism, the American breakfast is inspired by Pop Art, and the Japanese breakfast is inspired by ukiyo-e woodblock prints.